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Project Possibilities!

There are many possible projects that we can undertake within our communities to help make a difference in the lives of families. This is a great space for your ideas to be shared with others so please send me your successful project initiatives with a picture if possible to: jlevine@docpc.com. Ideally, projects should be simple enough for an individual to execute and require little in the way of capital to execute.

The idea I will share with you this month is something I call  A Birthday in a Bag. As a parent and grandparent, I know that a child’s birthday is a very special event in their life. For struggling families, a parent often may not have the resources to provide that extra something on their child’s special day. That is where the Birthday in a Bag helps out.

As you may see from the picture I took of one of the bags donated to our local Salvation Army Food Bank, there are several items that were purchased from the local Dollar Store. The cost to equip a birthday bag is approximately $10 for us here in Canada.

I choose a colourful Happy Birthday gift bag so if a parent has a gift for their child, they can make use of it as wrapping. Included in the bag is a gender neutral child’s birthday card, birthday napkins, a bag of balloons, candles, a cake mix and a can of ready made frosting. What you choose to include is up to you. I try to keep it simple.

I was asked if a cake pan is provided to bake the cake in. It is not, with the thinking that a pan of some kind is usually available in most kitchens. So…let’s get cooking up some great project ideas that Eye of the Tiger Club members can try out! I look forward to featuring your good idea on our Project Possibilities blog post.

Submitted by Julia Levine

 

 

 

The challenge in doing service as an internet club is that we are scattered throughout the Kiwanis world. The bonus of being an internet club is that we are scattered throughout the Kiwanis world. We need to look for ideas that we can do whereever we may be, to help make a difference for children near to us. I would suggest our own version of Read Around the World.

I have a connection with a local school that I taught at. I go there periodically and read a book to a class which I then donate to them. The cost is small but the benefits are large.

The Lion Inside written by Rachel Bright is an amusing tale that offered lots of opportunity for predicting and discussion with the students. It illustrates that we all have a lion and a mouse inside of us. For Eye of the Tiger volunteers, we may have felt insecure as the mouse in the story but we had to be brave like a lion when approaching someone to become a new member. Our Eye of the Tiger donation sticker is proudly displayed in the front of the  book cover.

I will share a different book with you each month that I have used with success. I generally target grades two to four as an eager, receptive audience. I know from over 35 years in the classroom that readalouds are always wonderfully received by students and by the classroom teacher who appreciate the gift of a book for their classroom. So…light up a child’s imagination and get reading! Submitted by Julia Levine

 

 

 

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